Wyatt Danger Brains

South By Southwest proved to be a memorable and exciting experience, a high point in my college career. It proved an incredible opportunity to meet both the people whose work I’ve admired for years, and those unfamiliar to me. The combination its welcoming atmosphere, geek community, and incredible programming made South By Southwest completely awesome. Here are a few photos I took.

Favorite Things About SXSW 2009

• Living and commuting with Glenda Simms
• Watching Pouncer get inside a hamster ball
• Meeting Varick and Travis of ngenWorks and Happy Webbies at the Houston Airport
• Dinner with the Opera folks – Thomas, Chris, Henny, Lawrence, Chaals
• Hanging out with Chris Mills, talking web, beer, and metal
• Meeting Fellow Chattanooga Aaron Gustafson
• Seeing Watchmen and meeting Dan Rubin
• Everything You Know About Web Design is Wrong presentation by @uxcrank
• Meeting the guys from ClearLeft – Andy, Paul, and Jeremy
• Paul’s Presentation
• The fact that SXSWi has more attendees than UTC has students
• Meeting Liz Danzico and discussing SVA’s MFA Interaction Design program
• Rob Weychert.
• Receiving a compliment on my business card from David Carson
• Seeing the premier of Objectified
• Eating with Paul, Jason, Regina, and others of Apple.com
• Happy Cogaoke!
• Meeting IE8 Architect Chris Wilson
• Knowing Aarron Walter
• Blue Flavor guys and the 97 Bottles Party
• Patrick and his kilt
• Watching Leslie present
• Watching WaSP Interact unveil itself
• Getting involved in the web ed discussion #sxswed
• Meeting Jeffrey Zeldman
• PF Changs with some incredible people whom I adore and admire
• Meeting new Chattanoogans The Matt Harris and Cindy Li
• Dinners with Geert and Veerle
• Fortune cookie reading “A golden egg of opportunity falls into your lap this month.”
• Wine and cheese party hosted by Jeremy Keith
• Being included in inclusive events by Chris Mills, Kenneth Himschoot, Aarron Walter, Aaron Gustafson, Shaun Inman, Rob Weychert, and all the wonderful people who were good to me
• Talking with Damien Schaefer of Herosion
• Meeting Jason Santa Maria
• Meeting Jason Beaird
• Zen Gardening with Dave Shea
• All the kind people of Yahoo! Especially Will and Micah
• Browser Wars panel, particularly Chaals’s responses
• Being able to approach and talk to anybody
• Dinner with the Tubatomic guys
• Finally meeting the Tubatomic guys
• Color Angels panel
• Celebrating four months, no cigs. And not caving at the parties.
• Thinking at some point that a fanny pack would be cool
• Hearing about OOCSS straight from Nicole
• St. Patrick’s Day in Austin
• Margaritas at 2pm at the Iron Cactus
• Cajun platter with Veerle, Geert, Jeremy Keith, Jessica, Dave Shea, and Nicole
• Table drawing with Veerle
• Achieving Nerdvana
• Being able to approach anybody and talk JS debugging, css, html, etc.
• Buying an iPod touch to keep up with Twitter during SXSW
• Playing Shaun’s Horror Vacui the entire flight back
• Following up with the great people I met
• Feeling full of energy and inspiration
• Looking forward to the future
• Planning next year’s SXSW excursion

There is likely more than I can remember. The entire SXSW experience was incredible. I thank Leslie, Christopher, and Glenda for their roles in making South by a possibility for me. It was truly inspiring, exciting, and something I hope to do again.

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